3. Nānātitthiyavagga

3. Various Sectarians

12 segments · SuttaCentral ·

Tip — double-click any Pāli word to look it up in the dictionary.

← →

0.1

Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.28

Linked Discourses 2.28

0.2

3. Nānātitthiyavagga

3. Various Sectarians

0.3

Nandivisālasutta

With Nandivisāla

1.1

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho nandivisālo devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

Standing to one side, the godling Nandivisāla addressed the Buddha in verse:

2.1

“Catucakkaṁ navadvāraṁ,

“Four are its wheels, and nine its doors;

2.2

puṇṇaṁ lobhena saṁyutaṁ;

it’s stuffed full, bound with greed,

2.3

Paṅkajātaṁ mahāvīra,

and born from a bog.

2.4

kathaṁ yātrā bhavissatī”ti.

Great hero, how will I keep going?”

3.1

“Chetvā naddhiṁ varattañca,

“Having cut the strap and harness—

3.2

icchālobhañca pāpakaṁ;

wicked desire and greed—

3.3

Samūlaṁ taṇhamabbuyha,

and having plucked out craving, root and all:

3.4

evaṁ yātrā bhavissatī”ti.

that’s how you will keep going.”